Robin Mero
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Recent Stories
Fire pensioners consider options
Posted: October 30, 2009 8:26 a.m.Retirees on the Fayetteville Firemen’s Pension Board of Trustees seemed eager Thursday to consolidate their ailing fund with the state’s Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System, known as LOPFI.
Hillside ordinance reviewed - once again
Posted: October 29, 2009 7:01 a.m.Discussion was resurrected Tuesday about the city’s Hillside Ordinance, passed in 2006 after four years of debate.
Council to consider solid waste contract
Posted: October 28, 2009 6:22 a.m.Fayetteville solid waste crews started processing and hauling the city’s trash Oct. 1, after Cherokee Nation backed out of its contract, the City Council learned Tuesday in agenda session.
City’s uptown merchants unite
Posted: October 27, 2009 6:45 a.m.Merchants on the north end of Fayetteville are creating their own identity as “uptown” with formation of the Uptown Fayetteville Association, as announced Monday.
Planning commissioners deny dog facility
Posted: October 27, 2009 6:44 a.m.A conditional-use permit was defeated Monday for a dog boarding and training facility on Old Farmington Road, after Fayetteville Advertising and Promotion Commission Director Marilyn Heifner expressed concern about noise impacting four hotels adjacent to the property.
Outgoing library director heralded at retirement gala
Posted: October 26, 2009 6:01 a.m.The lobby of the Fayetteville Public Library will be named for retiring executive director Louise Levy Schaper.
Healing: Friends recover together from motorcycle wreck
Posted: October 26, 2009 5:57 a.m.Thumbtacked to the wall of Pam Johnson’s hospital room is her handwritten rehabilitation goal: “Get back to normal.” Two doors down, William “Rick” Richardson’s goal reads “Walk out of here.” Richardson is coming to terms with that impossibility. During the Bikes, Blues & BBQ rally four weeks ago, an out-of-control motorcycle crashed into his.
Median safety questions raised
Posted: October 26, 2009 4:34 a.m.Fayetteville officials are asking the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department to examine the safety of a median involved in two motorcycle accidents the weekend of Bikes Blues & BBQ.
Shelter gets new superintendent
Posted: October 23, 2009 6:49 a.m.Fayetteville’s animal shelter has a new superintendent and senior secretary following firings of top employees in September.
Trail Trekkers patrol service gearing up
Posted: October 22, 2009 7:03 a.m.Want to patrol Fayetteville’s trail system, teaching trail etiquette and increasing safety?